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Manotick man injured in snowmobiling accident Kelly Kent

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A36-year-old Manotick man was taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries after a snowmobiling accident in the South Dundas Township area on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Another Ottawa man, Justin Petersen, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police, received the call at around 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.

Const. JD Doiron confirmed the two men had been travelling on a trail in the area of Sullivan Road when the pair struck a ditch. OPP officers and OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators are still conducting an investigation to determine more details.

No charges have been laid. Dioron said the name of the Manotick man will likely not be released unless charges of a criminal nature are filed against him.

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Greely Elementary all about innovation Lisa Allen’s Grade 5/6 class embraces innovative ideas and learning opportunities. The students are involved in everything from coding to entrepreneurial projects to fundraising for good causes. Here they showcase some of their ongoing projects.

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Greely Players gear up for Beauty and the Beast production this April The Greely Players are inviting you to be their guest this April with their new production, Beauty and the Beast.

With an on-stage cast of more than 40 actors and actresses, the play is a rendition of the Disney version of the fairy tale and will feature classic characters like Belle, Mrs. Potts and Chip.

“There is so much spectacle in a live performance that really transforms it into something new,” said Anne Peterson, assistant director and stage manager of the production.

“Especially with a production like this, with so much choreography and movement.”

The Players have been rehearsing since November for Beauty and the Beast, beginning with learning the several musical numbers from vocal director Emily Asmar.

Peterson said the production includes favourite numbers from the film, including Be Our Guest and Beauty and the Beast, as well as a few songs included only in the live-theatre version.

“We’ve been blessed with some really incredible singers, both in the cast and the chorus,” Peterson said.

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The Greely Players are gearing up for their production of Beauty and the Beast this April, with rehearsals well underway. The 40-person cast includes classic characters from the Disney film such as Mrs. Potts, left, played

by Joan Bruce-Nibogie, and Chip, right, played by Max Dillabough.

Of course, live theatre wouldn’t be the same without a live orchestra to accompany its musical numbers; Beauty and the Beast will feature a pit band of more than 15 musicians from Canterbury High School.

The choreography is also quite involved, Peterson said, and has several cast and chorus members danc-

ing their hearts out.

The cast of more than 40 members includes long-time Greely Players member Joan Bruce-Nibogie as Mrs. Potts, young Max Dillabough as Chip, Evan Haydon-Selkirk as Beast and Violet Wyche as Belle.

“When (Wyche) sings you’ll have chills down your spine,” Peterson said. “She

makes a lovely Belle.”

Providing support to the large cast is a group of another 40 or more behind the scenes volunteers whose job is to ensure the shows go off without a hitch. The intensive work that goes into a Players’ production – from creating the costumes to providing the lighting – means they only put on one major production a year. However, Peterson said they funnel all of their passion into it.

“It’s a lot of work, but we love it,” she said.

Beauty and the Beast will be performed on during six shows between April 6 and April 10. Tickets are available now online at www.greelyplayers.ca or by calling 613821-5407. Peterson said she encourages people to book online, as they can choose their own seats that way. Prices are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and children.

Each of the six performances will take place at the Greely Community Centre,

which the Players transform into a full theatre using a large stage and risers.

“We create a theatre out of a pretty bare-bones community centre,” Peterson said. “It really helps to showcase the performance.”

Peterson said this is a family-friendly production suitable for all ages. In fact, audience members are encouraged to dress up as their favourite characters, and

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there will be an opportunity to have photos taken with cast members after each performance.

“Guests are encouraged to channel their inner princess,” Peterson said.

More information about the Greely Players and their upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast, including performance dates, can be found on their website at www.greelyplayers.ca.

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SNC Works with Municipal partners to Groom over 25 km of Trails this Winter South Nation Conservation (SNC) invites residents and visitors to enjoy the network of trails that remain open throughout the winter season.

In addition to Conservation Areas (CA), SNC works with Municipal partners to keep a number of parks and trails groomed, helping increase winter recreational opportunities for residents and visitors.

“The groomed trails offer packed snow, facilitating a variety of winter activities including hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, on-leash dog-walking, birding, and geocaching,” mentioned Natasha Machado, SNC Communications Specialist.

Winter grooming takes place at the following locations: Two Creeks Forest CA, near Morrisburg; Robert Graham CA, near Glen Stewart; Warwick Forest CA, in Berwick; Nokomis Park, in Limoges; and at J. Henry Tweed and W.E. Burton CA, in Russell.

In addition to these parks, SNC also partners with Russell Township to groom part of the New York Central Fitness Trail from Russell to Embrun. Also through a partnership with the City of Ottawa, a hydro corridor multiuse pathway is now groomed from

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In partnership with Russell Township, SNC grooms the recreational trail (New York Central Fitness Trail) from Russell to Embrun, a distance of 7.2 kilometers for residents to enjoy during the winter season. From left to right: Lawrence Levere, SNC Board of Directors; Bill Smirle, past-Chair, SNC Board of Directors; Mike Leger, SNC Lands Assistant; Pierre Leroux, Mayor, Russell Township; John Mesman, SNC Communications Specialist; Natasha Machado, SNC Communications Specialist; Dennis O’Grady, SNC General Manager/Secretary-Treasurer; Céline Guitard, Director of Parks & Recreation; and Doug Thompson, Chair, SNC Board of Directors.

Dorima/Du Plateau pathway in the west, to the end of Demeter St. and Old Trim Rd. in the east.The combined total of all groomed trails is approximately 25 km. For more information on winter recreational opportunities and directions to each park with

groomed trails, visit: www.nation.on.ca/recreation/winterrecreation.

“Access to these natural spaces are free of charge. Organized group activities are welcome and occur regularly, we encourage enthusiasts to respect the habitat and wild-

life, and stick to the trails,” said Machado.SNC owns and manages 156 properties across the 4,384 km2 jurisdiction, over 12,000 acres of land. Of these, 15 properties are designated as day-use parks.

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As part of Winchester District Memorial Hospital’s Research program, Jo-Anne has spent the past 10 months in the classroom one day a week. She has been learning how to empower other nurses to learn new skills that support better patient care.

“It’s been an amazing opportunity to go back and think about what I’m doing and why,� explains Jo-Anne. “I was able to go back to my textbooks, review standards and best practices, and keep learning. Operating Room nursing is highly regulated and I’m excited to pass the skills I’ve learned on to other nurses.�

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South Nation Conservation launches Geo-Passport event Grants Mills, the first milling location along the South Nation River dating back to 1801.

A Grants Mills geocoin will be presented to everyone who completes the 20stop Historical Geo-Passport tour which will take participants across SNC’s 4,384 square-km jurisdiction searching out caches.

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More than 75 geocaching enthusiasts attended the launch Feb. 13 of South Nation Conservation’s (SNC) Historical Geo-Passport event held at Sand Road Maple Farm, in Moose Creek.

As part of the historical geo-passport, SNC and Geocachers of Eastern Ontario introduced a new collectable geocoin to mark the occasion; the coin features

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scavenger hunt. Hidden caches are rated according to terrain and difficulty to locate.

Several years in the making, the successful collaboration between SNC and the Geocachers has been recognized in the past with other special coins.

The latest project featuring historic sites warranted a new coin; financial support for the project was received through Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund.

The self-guided historical geocaching expedition comes with a bilingual booklet describing the locations where cashes are hidden. This marks the second time SNC and Geocachers have organized an official passport launch event.

“Geocaching promotes recreation, outdoor activity, and use of technology,” said Ian Mitchell, founder of Geocachers of Eastern Ontario and Chair of the SNC Communications Committee, noting that more than

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More than 75 geocaching enthusiasts attended the launch of the South Nation Conservation (SNC) Historical Geo-Passport event on Feb. 13. As part of the historical geopassport, SNC and Geocachers of Eastern Ontario introduced a new collectable geocoin to mark the occasion; the coin features Grants Mills, the first milling location along the South Nation River dating back to 1801.

1,600 geocaches are hidden throughout the SNC jurisdiction.

In addition to the recreational aspect, the His-

torical Geo-Passport also introduces participants to locations of special interest, giving them an opportunity to discover the history of

this area, said SNC Communications Specialist John Mesman.

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Garden business suffers $80K in fire, smoke damage Erin McCracken

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Grey smoke spotted at a garage on the premises of a garden business in south Ottawa prompted a large response from city fire crews.

Sixteen fire trucks and just under two dozen firefighters descended on Gardens Creations, a business at 5100 Bank St., just south of Rideau Road, between Findlay Creek and Greely.

A 911 call reported smoke coming from the building, which measures 15 by 30 metres in size, a few minutes after 6 a.m. on Feb. 24.

“This was a garage and inside there was equipment.

That was the main concern when the firefighters arrived on scene,” said Capt. Danielle Cardinal, fire department spokeswoman, noting there were also vehicles inside the structure.

“They could see the smoke and then they made it to the interior so they were able to

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The cause of a fire at a garden business at 5100 Bank St., just south of Rideau Road, that broke out on Feb. 24, remains under investigation. start their attack from inside,” she said of the firefighters’ response.

Fire officials are estimating the fire and smoke caused $50,000 in damages to the structure, and $30,000 to the contents.

The smoke and flames were brought under control within about 25 minutes after the incident was first reported.

But crews remained at the

scene for several hours, until at least 9:37 a.m., to ensure the fire did not reignite, Cardinal said.

“Because of the dynamics of fire they still have to check for extension, so they’re looking in walls and ceilings and other spaces, and they’re finding embers in that time,” she said.

It is not uncommon to see such a large emergency re-

sponse.

In this incident, the department sent a rapid intervention team in the event a firefighter needed assistance at the scene, as well as an air management team that ensures firefighters have ample air in their breathing tanks, Cardinal said.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

No one was injured.

Notice of Public Open House Barrhaven South Urban Expansion Area Community Design Plan Pierre-Savard French Catholic High School 1110 Longfields Drive 10 March 2016 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Welcoming remarks 7:00 pm The integrated Planning Act and Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Act process is being initiated for the Barrhaven South Urban Expansion Area Community Design Plan.

Osgoode Youth Association (O-YA) celebrated their 10th Anniversary in style with guest speakers and reception afterwards. Executive Director Nicole McKerracher started off the evening with a historical look back at how the O-YA centre came in to existence and where it is now. The O-YA is a community built and operated non-profit youth centre that originated from determination in order to give the youth somewhere to go and be included in activities. The centre was formerly a fire station that was converted with a lot of volunteers and companies helping out.

The process will detail the land uses, transportation and servicing infrastructure for the expansion area.

This first Open House will present the study process and schedule, preliminary guiding principles, background information, and will provide the public and interested stakeholders an opportunity to discuss the study with the project team and provide input.

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please contact Cheryl Brouillard.

We are interested in hearing your comments and feedback. If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this project or have comments or requests, please contact one of the Planners below or visit the website ottawa.ca/southbarrhavencdp Cheryl Brouillard Planner, Community Planning and Urban Design Unit City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1J1 T: 613-580-2424, ext. 13392 F: 613-580-2459 E-mail: cheryl.brouillard@ottawa.ca

During the winter storm blast we had at the beginning of the week with slippery roads, snow and freezing pellets it wasn’t enough to keep Lamees Pizza staff from delivering food to hungry customers and looking after their needs.

A customer ordered pizza and was asked if there was anything else they would like to have to which the customer replied “do you sell milk”?

They responded that regrettably they did not have that item. The customer explained that she was almost out of milk but was not going out in the bad weather to get any. Minutes later, Mike from Lamees Pizza called her back and offered to bring her milk when the driver dropped off the pizza. The lady politely declined and thanked him after she realized that she would have enough to get through till she was able to get to the store later. She was taken aback by this grand gesture and wanted to share her feelings that Lamees Pizza on Bank Street has an amazing staff working for them and great customer service. Nice to have a business here that will go that extra little bit to help their customers. Check them out soon, you won’t be disappointed!

This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a “combined conference” in Toronto put on by both ROMA (Rural Ontario Municipalities Association) and OGRA (Ontario Good Roads Association). It was highly informative, very enjoyable and a great experience for a city councillor.

I learned many things about the intricacies of running a municipality and heard many best practices from different cities and towns across Ontario. I also met with various municipal and provincial officials regarding some of the larger issues faced by my office right now, including paramedic services and hydro.

One of my main takeaways from the conference was realizing how hard employees of the City of Ottawa work behind the scenes in order to avoid some of the other serious issues other municipalities deal with.

I’m looking forward to the chance to attend future conferences, as I really felt that the conference enhanced my ability to help residents and further the goals of Osgoode Ward.

I also had the honour of attending the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park and was formally introduced by MPP Lisa MacLeod as a representative of Ottawa. MPP MacLeod spoke passionately about Stuntman Stu and his battle with cancer after having done so much for the City of Ottawa and I was proud to be there to support her and Stuntman Stu.

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Many youth took part in the presentation, revealing their best times and memories spent at O-YA that were particularly touching. More than 800 people pass through the doors of the centre every year. Over 200 youth participate regularly in the “drop in“ programs after school and summer programs. Two former volunteers also met their future spouses while helping out here too. Another great event that is their main fundraiser for the year is the annual “Goode Run”. This year a new event has been added. The first annual Road Hockey game will take place in the parking lot of O-YA beginning at 10am Sunday, Feb.28th. This great idea was brought forth by Zack Johnson to be combined with the annual Winter Carnival in Osgoode.

Truly an amazing facility run by volunteers who want to make a difference with the youth in the community. Congratulations again on such great success and continued support for youth! Check out their website www.O-YA.ca Tuesday February 23 was the last day of the conference I attended in Toronto and I was sad to miss my Drop-In Hours for the first time.

Thanks to Jane in my office for being there to speak to the residents that came in. I’m really looking forward to seeing you all this Tuesday, I will be there and ready like usual!

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Seeing red over Ontario’s budget

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f you are a student soon heading off to university from a low-income family, then you’re a winner after the Ontario budget was unveiled at Queen’s Park on Feb. 25.

For the rest of us, not so much.

As a budget goodie, free tuition for students from families with a combined income of $50,000 or less came completely out of left field.

But more sin taxes, higher natural gas rates, higher gas prices though a cap-and-trade system and the absolutely staggering amount of money that the province now pays out each year just to service the accumulated provincial debt is sadly predictable considering the way the governing provincial Liberals have been spending money in recent years.

It’s a good thing that some students will end up getting free university tuition, and thus be able to get degrees that will hopefully translate into decent paying jobs in the future because they are going to need that cash. Someone is going to have pay the now humongous $300 billion-plus debt load this province is carrying into the future.

If there was the sound of fits of laughter

emerging out of Queen’s Park when Ontario Finance Minster Charles Sousa said the government’s newest budget shows how fiscallyresponsible this Grit government has been, it would have been perfectly understandable.

What is also amusing, if not outright tragic, is that the government is claiming it will balance its annual books next year. That is something that will have to be seen to be believed from this government.

Ontario’s books are now so far in the red, that the $308.3 billion accumulated debt load that all residents of the province are now on the hook for is so large that trying to climb out of that fiscal ditch is akin to trying to scale a black hole without a rope.

Running up annual deficits in and of itself is not always a bad thing when the economic times call for it, but the Wynne, and McGuinty Liberal government before it, have made irresponsible fiscal management an art form.

They have proven themselves to be worldclass artists when it comes to running up the debt, and Ontario residents are going to be the ones paying for it long after this Liberal government fades into a long distant memory.

The illusion of bigger is better

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t would be good if we in Ottawa didn’t cripple ourselves with indecision over such large matters as the development of LeBreton Flats and a new public library.

Discussions have become rather heated already, even though we are still in the very early stages.

And part of that may have to do with people’s idea of the scale of things. For understandable reasons, we are thinking massive.

The understandable reasons include the fact that LeBreton Flats has been sitting more or less vacant for more or less 50 years.

It is natural, then, that we wouldn’t want to put some modest little thing on it. Whatever it is, we want it to have a significance worthy of the wait.

We want something big. We

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Where we got this inflated sense of self-worth is anybody’s guess, but it makes us picky.

You can get an idea from the reception to the apartment buildings that went up on LeBreton Flats a few years ago.

They were quite serviceable and probably nice to live in, but people sneered. We waited 50 years for that?

It is clear in retrospect that we

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wanted a combination of the Coliseum, the Eiffel Tower and Angkor Wat, with ample parking, a river view and retail on the ground floor.

Some of the same emotion, colours our view of future developments, including the library.

That’s going to make decisions difficult to arrive at.

We will keep rejecting ideas that are good because they are not great. And that could go on for another 50 years, knowing this town.

But what do we really want in a library, to use that as an example?

A place where books are available, as well as the electronic equivalents and up-to-date research facilities.

And beyond that, a place for people to hang out.

The best modern libraries, such as Vancouver’s, have that quality.

They are gathering places, with coffee shops and such, where people can hang out with books.

We don’t need the Eiffel Tower for that. It would be nice if what-

ever is put there impresses the tourists, but that should not be the first consideration.

The first consideration is to make it useable, accessible and comfortable.

And the same goes for much of what will go on LeBreton Flats, the housing, the shops, the restaurants.

If you think of your favourite neighbourhoods in Canada, or in the world, you don’t think of overpowering structures.

You think of walkable streets, interesting shops and restaurants and a nice vibe.

The buildings could be quite ordinary, even modest. The neighbourhood is easy to get in and out of. It has good transit and some trees.

If we think that way, if we set aside the need to be world-class and photogenic, it should be easier to make decisions.

It’s like a man buying a suit.

Once he gets over the idea that it

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should make him look like James Bond, the choosing is easier. What about something that looks good and fits?

Do we need the most striking library in the world? No. But we need a library.

And it is more important that people be comfortable in it than take pictures outside it.

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Ottawa fire service introduces its first spokeswoman

Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the City of Ottawa for approval to expropriate the easements described in Schedule A attached hereto for the purposes of the Richmond Forcemain Repairs and Modifications Project including but not limited to permitting the construction, use, operation, inspection, alteration, maintenance and/or repair of an existing 500 mm sanitary sewer forcemain, a new 300 mm sanitary sewer forcemain to facilitate repairs to the existing forcemain, a new section of 600 mm sanitary sewer forcemain parallel to the existing forcemain and works and improvements ancillary thereto and including temporary easements, 12 months in duration, for purposes including but not limited to repairing the existing 500 mm sanitary sewer forcemain, constructing the 300 mm and 600 mm sanitary sewer forcemains, entering on, under and through the easement lands described in Schedule A attached hereto with all vehicles, machinery, workmen and material for construction, excavation, and grading, and undertaking all other works ancillary to the Richmond Forcemain Repairs and Modifications Project.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the easements described in Schedule A attached hereto.

The Property Sketches referred to in Schedule A forming part of this Notice, are available for viewing during regular business hours at the City’s Client Service Centre, 1st Floor, City Hall, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue West.

Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing,

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Ottawa Fire Chief Gerry Pingitore says the department’s new spokesperson, Capt.

Danielle Cardinal, brings a wealth of emergency services experience, as well as a number of other skills, including social media know-how, a working knowledge of the department, bilingualism and a willingness to give back to the community, to her new role. erin.mccracken@metroland.com

Ottawa’s fire department has a new spokesperson.

Capt. Danielle Cardinal is the first woman and non-firefighter to fill the public role, serving as the public voice of the department’s 1,500 employees, including about 900 career firefighters and approximately 400 volunteer firefighters, which make it the largest composite fire department in North America.

“It’s not something I take lightly,” Cardinal said of her new responsibility.

Her second day on the job, Feb. 17, put some of her previous communications experience to the test as a host of Ottawa media outlets sought breaking news about the department’s high-angle rope rescue of a woman who had fallen into the Rideau Canal lock near Parliament Hill.

Cardinal is no stranger to emergency situations, having helped women giving birth or coaching callers through the Heimlich manoeuvre, among a host of other life-saving scenarios, in her previous role as an Ottawa 911 dispatcher.

The bilingual native of Sudbury began working for the city in 1997 in customer service, followed by a similar role with Paratranspo during the 1998 ice storm. She

also worked at the city’s 311 information service during the 2003 electrical blackout, and in 2009 at Ottawa Public Health’s H191 vaccine clinics.

“Whatever role I was in I seemed to be put in positions for emergency situations,” Cardinal said. “Those challenges were pretty intense, but it was a good learning experience for me.”

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Dated at Ottawa this 3rd day of March, 2016.

CITY OF OTTAWA Gordon E. MacNair Director, Real Estate Partnerships & Development Office Schedule A Those lands in the City of Ottawa described as follows: An estate, right, or interest in the nature of a permanent easement in the following lands: Part of PIN 04430-0267 (LT) being part of UNIT 57, PL 4D-17, S/T LT343099, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-1c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0268 (LT) being part of UNIT 72, PL 4D-17, S/T LT449329, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-2c.dgn Part of PIN 04430-0325 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 1, 4 and 7 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 4 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-3c.dgn.

An estate, right or interest, for a limited time in the nature of a temporary easement for a period of 12 months in the following lands: Part of PIN 04430-0267 (LT) being part of UNIT 57, PL 4D-17, S/T LT343099, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-1c.dgn.

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Part of PIN 04430-0327 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 3, 6 and 9 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 6 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-5c.dgn.

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(b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice.

Part of PIN 04430-0324 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 2, 5 and 8 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 5 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 1 and 2 in Property Sketch No. 18336-4c.dgn.

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Part of PIN 04430-0268 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 72, PL 4D-17, S/T LT449329, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-2c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0325 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Part 1, 4 and 7 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of the Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 4 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-3c.dgn.

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in New Zealand just hours before the 2011 Christchurch earthquake hit.

Though on vacation, she rolled up her sleeves and spent two weeks pitching in where she could to help those in need.

“You can see now why we’re very confident in our choice,” said Ottawa Fire Chief Gerry Pingitore.

(a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within 30 days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice;

Part of PIN 04430-0324 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 2, 5 and 8 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of the Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 5 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-4c.dgn.

Part of PIN 04430-0327 (LT) being part of PT UNIT 65, PL 4D-17, being Parts 3, 6 and 9 on Plan 4R-17172, geographic Township of Goulbourn, City of Ottawa, subject to an easement in favour of The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn over Part 6 on Plan 4R-17172 as in LT445881, designated as Parcels 3 and 4 in Property Sketch No. 18336-5c.dgn.

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“That’s certainly something we look for, that willingness to give back to your community, help perfect strangers.”

Cardinal returned to Ottawa after her New Zealand trip determined to become a firefighter, and applied to the Ottawa department in 2012. While on the wait list, she was hired on at the Ottawa Paramedic Service as a 911 dispatcher.

The following year she went to work at the fire department as 911 dispatcher.

“At that stage, I’d made peace with not being successful in the recruitment or not staying on the list, and felt that communications was definitely my most beneficial avenue,” Cardinal said.

Pingitore said a dispatcher’s ability to think on their feet under pressure will be an advantage for the department’s new public information officer.

“Being questioned by reporters or putting pen to paper – every word can be used in a positive or negative manner,” he said. “I could see that quality, being able to make good decisions quickly, would certainly help both positions.”

In filling the role, left vacant by Lieut. Bob Rainboth, who went back to being a firefighter last November, Pingitore said the department wasn’t necessarily looking for another firefighter.

“That was not an important part for me,” he said. “Firefighting would have been an asset, but being a communications officer is an asset.”

The position was open for some time to unionized department members with more than 10 years of job experience.

It was then opened to all other unionized department personnel, which quickly caught Cardinal’s attention.

“I’d been eyeing this role since I

got to dispatch,” she said. “It was a job that I thought was innovative and I thought was beneficial for the service.

“That was a professional step that was huge, but I needed to go for it because it was something that sounded very much like who I am.”

SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTIONS

In the hiring process, department brass were looking for a bilingual candidate who understood how the department functions, among other skills, such as strong social media know-how.

“Certainly communications is evolving and we wanted someone that could evolve with it,” Pingitore said.

In addition to informing staff about department news via internal communications – an important function in such a large, spread-out service that covers

2,758 square kilometres, equivalent to more than the combined geographic size of Edmonton, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver – Cardinal has already begun connecting with the public and media through Twitter.

“We’re always constantly trying to build our followers as more and more people rely on that as a way of obtaining information,” Pingitore said, adding that tweeting video clips may one day also be added to Cardinal’s digital tool box.

“There aren’t as many reporters coming to our incidents anymore. They rely on what we make available on all those formats,” he said, adding this is due, in part, to a shrinking media landscape in Ottawa.

Newsgathering has also become an instant process and stories and images are quickly compiled for online publication, he

added.

Cardinal said she has already looked to fire services in New York City, some of which have Instagram photo-sharing accounts, including those dedicated to recruitment. It’s something the Ottawa department is also considering adding to its online presence.

“You can see how they’re engaging their future employees,” said Cardinal.

Social media tools are invaluable in educating larger audiences about fire safety.

“This is where our public information officer comes in handy, just to make sure that we’re on top of it,” the chief said.

“If we could help prevent one fire a month, (it’s) making a difference.”

It’s about reinforcing “teachable moments,” said Cardinal.

“If we can prevent injuries then we’ve done our job.”

CITY OF OTTAWA NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF A ZONING AMENDMENT Review of Minimum Parking Requirements In accordance with Section 34(10.7)(a) of the Planning Act and Section 3.(1) of Ontario Regulation 545/06, notice is hereby provided that a zoning by-law amendment proposal is being considered by the Planning and Growth Management Department at the City of Ottawa.

LANDS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL The zoning amendment proposal affects lands located generally within the boundaries of former Ottawa and Vanier, as well as those lands near rapid-transit stations citywide. Lands affected include all of Wards 12, 13, 14 and 15; most of Ward 17; part of Wards 7, 11 and 16; as well as lands near rapid-transit stations city-wide. Wards 5, 6, 20 and 21 do not contain any lands affected by the proposal.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT The proposed amendment will reduce and in some cases eliminate the minimum number of parking spaces required for development in the inner-urban area and near rapid-transit stations, consistent with the relevant policies of the Official Plan. It will also introduce incidental changes to required aisle widths in parking garages, minimum driveway widths, and zoning rules governing car-sharing services. A minimum visitor parking requirement for residential uses is proposed to be introduced in those parts of the Central Area where visitor rates currently do not apply.

FURTHER INFORMATION To view the proposal or any information or materials related to the proposal, please contact the undersigned planner, or visit the project website at ottawa.ca/minimumparking.

RELATED PLANNING APPLICATIONS N/A SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The City of Ottawa would like to receive any comments concerning this proposal. Please forward comments to the undersigned planner via mail, telephone, facsimile or e-mail by Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

Comments received will be considered in the evaluation of the proposal.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting (meeting date, time and location to be determined) or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Dated at the City of Ottawa this Thursday, March 3, 2016.

Tim J. Moerman, Planner Planning and Growth Management Department City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 13944 • Fax: 613-580-2459 E-mail: tim.moerman@ottawa.ca

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When Cassandra Galbraith tests for her driver’s licence in a matter of days, she’ll likely become Ottawa’s youngest driver.

“It’s a possibility,” she said with a laugh.

That’s because she’ll be turning just four years old in leap years, though she’ll be celebrating her Sweet 16 on Feb. 29.

“It’s nice to have a unique birthday,” said Galbraith, who lives in Windsor Park Village, south of the Hunt Club community. “When it’s my actual birthday I can say, ‘Oh, look, I have an actual birthday this year.’ It’s a lot more special.”

Leap years are a big deal in her house.

Every four years, the leapling’s mom, Tracy, takes Cassandra on a memory-making trip.

This summer, they may jet off to Ireland to celebrate. Four years ago, the pair travelled to Cuba and four years before that they went to Disneyland.

In keeping with tradition, Galbraith said she chooses to celebrate her birthday in non-leap years on Feb. 28, rather than on March 1.

the teacher asked us about our birthdays and we both said ‘leap day,’ we both kind of got the same questions and we were looking at each other and laughing,” Galbraith recalled.

People often remind her that though she will be turning another year older, in fact, she will never really catch up to others her age.

“That’s another thing a lot of people tell me, ‘You know what? You’ll be young forever,’” she said with a laugh.

leap day birthday this year with family and her best friend, Lovelyn, who lives across the street from her.

The first time Cassandra met someone who shared the same unique birth date was last year. Her teacher asked students about their birthdays and Galbraith learned one of her classmates is also a leapling, as leap day babies are known.

“It’s funny because we were in the same science class last year, and when

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Cassandra Galbraith of Windsor Park Village may well become Ottawa’s youngest licensed driver when she goes for her driver’s licence test on her leap day birthday. In leap years, she will be turning four, though her mom will be putting 16 candles on Cassandra’s birthday cake to mark her Sweet 16.

“I celebrate on the 28th because I feel I’d rather celebrate my birthday in the actual month I was born in,” she said.

Her birth date tends to prompt a host of questions from friends and classmates at St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School in Riverside South.

“Everybody’s like, ‘Wait, you’re how old?’ That’s always the first ques-

tion I get asked,” the Grade 11 student said, chuckling.

“I actually got asked once if I was able to get a driver’s licence when I turn 16, considering I’m only four.”

They also ask which date she celebrates her birthdays during non-leap years, as well as how she marks the special occasion.

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the only leapling – as leap day babies are known – she has ever known.

“We thought it was pretty cool,” said Shedden, who grew up in the Elmvale Acres community and has since retired to Findlay Creek.

“When we were really young, we didn’t understand why daddy didn’t have a birthday.”

Born on Feb. 29, 1916, Stan grew up his hometown of Luncarty, a small village near Perth, Scotland, north of Edinburgh. His family – mom, dad, two younger brothers and a younger sister – also teased Stan about his unique birth date, “that he didn’t have a birthday every year,” Shedden said.

Stan eventually left home to serve with the Royal Army

Service Corps in the Middle East during the Second World War. He returned with several medals.

In the years following the war, Stan decided to set sail at age 30 for New York City on Jan. 25, 1947 – Robbie Burns Day – in search of a better life with more job opportunities.

“There was not a lot after the war where he was from,” Shedden said, adding her father had known some people who had already left Scotland for Canada.

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Though his true birthday only officially rolled around every four years, James Stanley Shedden’s date of birth was always cause for some goodnatured ribbing, particularly by his two children, Carolyn and Glenn.

For it was only as they grew older did they come to understand what it meant to be born on Feb. 29 – an extra day added once every four years in the Gregorian calendar.

“It got to the point as we were teenagers, (we would tell) my dad, ‘We’re catching up to you in your age,’” Carolyn Shedden recalled. “It was fun saying that, ‘You’re getting up to the age of your dad.’”

Their mom, Edna, would also get in on the fun, playing along with it “because she was quite a character and she would love to tease him about it as well and pretend, ‘Oh no, we’re not having a birthday party,’” Shedden said.

But Edna actually spoiled him quite well.”

She would ultimately invite Stan’s longtime friends to drop in and surprise him, whether it was his true birthday – Feb. 29 – or in the off years – on Feb. 28, and enjoy either dinner or birthday cake or both.

Stan also used to tease his wife back, saying he would always be younger than her, even though she was actually nine years his junior.

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n a hot summer day, the doors of Kemptville’s Grahame’s Bakery are left wide open to let some of the heat escape. The aroma of bread baking in a wood-fired oven escapes too, and wafts through the neighbourhood to where I grew up, on George Street. That could explain why I don’t really appreciate baked goods from anywhere else – they just aren’t as substantial and authentic as Grahame’s donuts and pies – and the scent reminds me of my early years in my hometown.

But it turns out my connection to the bakery runs even deeper than that.

To get the facts straight, I interviewed my grandma Mabel Leeson, on the occasion of her 93rd birthday.

She has the family tree documented carefully on

DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife paper, but she doesn’t really need it. All of the names and dates are still easily retrieved from her razorsharp memory. It frustrates me that my memory is so bad. I suggested Mabel’s mind was still sharp because of her long career in finance with the federal court. Mabel put herself through accounting courses after her two sons were born, and had her fees reimbursed because her marks were so high.

The only woman at the boardroom table in the 1950’s, she earned the respect of her colleagues

and a reputation as a very tough manager. Grandma says my memory is likely bad because I fill my brain with too many other things.

She could have a point there.

Mabel’s Uncle Burt and Aunt Esther Frisby owned Grahame’s Bakery in the 1930’s. In 1939, a young man named Leonard Grahame began working for Burt, learning the techniques of baking in the traditional wood-fired oven. Leonard worked very hard, and showed a keen interest in the business.

When the Frisbys retired

twenty years later, Burt found a way to sell the bakery to his protégée.

Leonard’s son Ken took over the family business from his father and now the grandchildren, Rick and Debbie run the bakery together.

It’s interesting to trace the history of a place, or a family, and fascinating to learn how many of our families started out with one person travelling across the ocean to land on a dock in Canada.

Many of these first branches of the Canadian family tree came over as home boys. They were sent over from orphanages and other facilities in the UK to live and work on farms in Canada.

My grandfather Garnet Leeson’s family comes from Ireland. As there is a Leeson street in Dublin, I imagine our roots are there.

Guess where I would like to visit someday?

Grandma Mabel was a Costain, and her tree branches back to the Isle of Man, a little island in the sea between Ireland and England. There is a rich history there tracing back to the Celts and the Vikings. That might explain the fighting spirit of the Manx lineage. Their emblem has three legs: no matter how they fall, they always land on their feet.

You don’t have to trace your family tree back too far to see where it began in Canada.

A young child, in many cases an orphan, endures a long, hard journey at sea, which ends at a port in Montreal or maybe Nova Scotia. Many of those youngsters were ‘adopted’ by farmers in Eastern Ontario.

They began their lives in

Canada taking care of animals on a farm, or working in the lumber yards.

These children were often given their meals and left to sleep in the barns as well. There is a home boy at the top of the family tree in both my family and my husband’s family.

It was a rough start for many of our families.

Look how easy we have it now. Grandma Leeson, in her 94th year, has had two sons, seven grandchildren, fifteen great- grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.

The branches of this tree are long and its roots are firmly planted.

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Before his retirement, he managed the mailroom.

Through the years, Stan never failed to celebrate Robbie Burns Day, the birthday of Robert Burns, a famous Scottish poet and writer, in honour of Stan’s Scottish roots and homeland by taking his wife out for dinner and dancing.

Together they would set off for downtown Ottawa for festivities put on by the Sons of Scotland, a fraternal association that preserves and promotes Scottish culture and heritage in Canada.

Like leap day, Robbie Burns Day is also an emotional one for Shedden. It’s not only the day her father left

Scotland back in 1947, but also the day he passed away in Ottawa in 1983. He would have celebrated his 67th birthday a month later.

With Feb. 29 almost here, Shedden plans to mark it by telephoning her dad’s youngest sister and brother – Doris is 90 and George is 92 – who still live in Perth, Scotland.

“If I don’t call them first on the 29th, they’ll be calling me,” Shedden said. “It’s a big deal for them that their older brother, that would have been his 100th birthday.”

In leap years, though, Stan would have been just 25 years old.

His birthday will pull at the heartstrings for Shedden and her aunt and uncle.

“I wish that I could talk to

him again, and tell him how proud he would have been of his grandson and granddaughter that he never got to meet,” Shedden said of her children, now 21 and 28, respectively. Shedden’s son, named Stewart James Stanley after her father, was born a year after Stan passed away.

“It’s definitely a day I’m going to be thinking a lot about him,” Shedden said, “and taking out the photo albums and looking at our life together.”

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Cash-strapped students looking to ‘sugar baby’ website University of Maine Signs Three OSU Force Academy Girls for 2016

OSU Force Academy ( www.forceacademy.ca ) is extremely pleased to announce that three members of our illustrious 1998 Girls Force team have signed their letters of intent to attend The University of Maine this Fall.

Since a very young age, our club staff and coaches knew that the 1998 Girls were an extremely talented group of young athletes. Their dedication to the sport and commitment to excellence is starting to pay off with at least nine (9) girls already committed to play in Canada or The United States this Fall for collegiate programs. Our first story on this group features Kaitlyn Ball, Nicole Bailey and Priscilla Domingo who will all suit up for the Black Bears next fall.

Kaitlyn joined OSU two years ago and was a key member of their success within the Ontario Youth Soccer League. For Nicole and Priscilla, they have spent nine years within OSU. In reflection, “I’m excited to study what I love while also continuing to improve my soccer skills at the highest level of the game. This amazing opportunity that has been provided to me would not have come without the constant support and encouragement from my OSU coaches and teammates ”noted Nicole Baily. These girls were scouted and recruited by multiple Canadian and American universities through their Showcase event participation over the past three years.

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A growing number of Canadian students are adding a little sugar to their lives with a website which pairs “sugar babies” with “sugar daddies and mommies.”

Called SeekingArrangements. com, the site markets itself to college and university students as a way to graduate school without any student loan debt.

And it’s working.

Brook Urick, the public relations manager for the site, said it’s a winwin; the students get a benefactor and a chance to graduate debt free.

Sugar daddies get an upfront, honest relationship with no strings attached.

While the site aims to register students as sugar babies, suggesting it can help pay for school, there is no requirement that they be students.

The company’s own website suggests sugar babies can use cash for fashion and travel.

It’s likely some sugar babies are not students and have sugar daddies strictly to earn a living.

The website was founded in 2006.

According to the website operator, there are five million people subscribed around the world. In Canada, it claims there are 416,715 sugar babies – and of those, 156,715 are registered in college or university.

Canadian sugar daddies number 50,477 and there are 3,265 sugar mommies.

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The University of Ottawa and Carleton University rank in the top five for student registration on a website that links young people in need of money with older people with cash to spare. The site – which offers free registration to college and university students – suggests the arrangement can help students pay housing and tuition expenses.

ranked in the top five, with 92 and 108 sugar babies registered respectively.

Students who register for the site with their university email address can do so for free.

The company’s online marketing video even depicts Sugar Baby University – featuring suggestive scenes with women decked out in short skirts, counting their cash and riding off into the sunset on the arm of a man in an expensive foreign car.

Signing up is very similar to a regular dating profile.

The only difference for sugar babies is you have to select an assistance level – it can be negotiable, from around $1,000 a month, up to more than $10,000.

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about the site watching the American TV show Dr. Phil.

“I started getting serious about it in the first semester,” said Hailey (not her real name), adding she fiddled around on the site the summer before classes started, but it took her a while to find someone she was interested in.

She said she prefers the company of older men.

“Older men take care of you, they’re very concerned if you trip and fall, versus a guy in his 20s who will laugh and post a video on Vine,” she said.

Hailey said the sugar baby lifestyle gets a bad rap and she tends to keep the information to herself.

“There’s some judgement about a younger girl with an older man,” she said. “People think it’s lazy not to go out there and work hard.”

While Urick said the average monthly income for a sugar baby on the site is $2,600 per month, Hailey said she doesn’t get an allowance.

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“The relationship is more about him seeing what my needs are,” she said, adding over time the relationship became less and less about dollars and more about two people enjoying each other’s company.

Hailey said she’s still trying to figure out what she wants to do when she graduates, and she’s learned from some of the people she’s come across.

“One of the guys I met built his company when he was very young,” she said, adding she’s also met some contacts in real estate.

For Hailey, her education is an investment, and while she’s not sure what she wants to do with her degree, she wants to keep going to class.

She said that one of the reasons she joined the site was to keep pace with rising tuition fees.

Her class fees are a little under $4,000 per semester, Hailey said. And while she works part time, she still needs a little help.

“If tuition was like $2,000 or I came from a rich family to help out I might be more enthusiastic about doing it myself,” Hailey said.

According to the Canadian Federation of Students’ Ontario chapter, tuition fees have increased an average of five per cent per year since 2006.

The average student debt for a four-year undergraduate degree is $37,000.

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Another sugar baby, who chose to use the pseudonym Katelyn, joined the site when she found herself struggling to find a way to stay in school.

The 28-year-old was recently separated. She found herself in a tough situation at the beginning of the school year because she didn’t work – her fiancée supported them before the split.

Katelyn called the Ontario Student Assistance Program, “a joke,” and needed a

way to pay her bills and stay in school.

Katelyn had been on the site prior to her relationship with her fiancée.

“I was sitting around thinking about what to do and it occurred to me to sign back up,” she said.

Right now Katelyn sees two men from the site. One pays an allowance of $1,100 and the other has a budget of $1,000 each month to take her out to activities she wouldn’t be able to afford on her own.

There are four sugar babies to every sugar daddy, so competition for cash is stiff, but neither Hailey nor Katelyn have had any trouble connecting with people.

Urick said she writes a blog for the companion site www.letstalksugar.com where she posts tips on getting more views for your profile, as well as dealing with married sugar daddies, and other relationship pointers.

Katelyn, whose mom knows she’s on the site, said aside from help with her fi-

nances, she received some advice from a contact she made that had real estate expertise who helped her learn her rights in regards to her apartment following her split.

She said she just acts like herself and that’s worked for her so far.

“People say there is a lot of competition, but it’s worked well for me,” she said, adding she’s seen some blog posts that say women of colour don’t do well, but that hasn’t been the case for her either.

Katelyn agrees that the lifestyle gets a bad rap, and says there are some girls on the site who state they are looking for a platonic relationship.

“It’s not all about being intimate,” she said.

Both Hailey and Katelyn have strict rules around who they will date. They don’t date married men. Hailey said she wouldn’t date anyone who has a daughter in her teen years.

“They should be a role

model and their daughters shouldn’t see them with someone only like four or five years older than them,” she said. No sugar daddies were available to talk about their experiences on the site.

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Rebecca Bromwich, an instructor in legal studies at Carleton University, said she wonders if the girls – and the sugar daddies – know what

they’re getting into.

Bill C36 – passed by the Conservatives in 2014 – prohibits an individual from purchasing sexual services and forbids advertising the sale of others’ sexual services.

“It makes buying sex criminal,” she said, adding signing up to the site with the expectation of sex for the monthly allowance could land someone in jail for up to five years.

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s sure as rain and taxes, bread pudding would appear on our supper table at least once a week.

If there was no money for fresh lemons, the raison jar was empty, and the brown sugar had to be saved for other purposes, and there was nothing else for dessert, I could count on bread pudding coming out of the oven.

I hated bread pudding almost as much as I hated pickled herring, blood pudding or a freshly caught rabbit, of course, not for the same reasons. Father loved bread pudding. It was no hardship for him to be dished up a heaping fruit nappy to top off his evening meal.

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I could smell it as soon as I walked in the door from the Northcote School. “Bread pudding?”

I would ask Mother. She would just nod, knowing full well how I felt about it. Father didn’t consider any meal proper unless it was topped off with dessert.

And so when the money in the blue sugar bowl was just about empty, and Mother had to come up with an end to the meal, and the cupboard was bare of everything that wasn’t considered a necessity, such as flour, sugar and tea, Mother had to use every ounce of her imagination, and that’s when

she turned to bread pudding.

There was always lots of bread. Mother baked at least three times a week. And the flour was stored in two places ... our back-to-wall cupboard had a flour bin in one side, where Mother could turn a little handle and the flour would fall down into a bowl as she needed it. And then there was the bag of flour, which was kept behind Mother and Father’s bedroom door. There really was no other place for it. Out of sight, it was there.

My very wise sister Audrey, much older than I was, thought if I saw how bread pudding was made, I could develop a liking for it. And so one Saturday, when the cupboard was bare of frills, such as lemons and raisons and no pie would be in the offing, Audrey said she and I would be making the bread pudding for supper.

pudding, which I did. Then she filled the roast pan half full with hot water from the reservoir and placed the pudding pan onto the water, and tucked the whole thing into the oven of the Findlay Oval. “Now, I’m sure you will love it just as much as the rest of us do, now that you have helped make it,” Audrey said.

I watched my sister, every so often, take a knife and jab it into the pudding in the oven. “Not yet,” she’d say. She said when the knife came out clean, that’s when you would know the pudding was done. It all made perfect sense to me.

Well, supper was finally on the table, and I eyed the bread pudding sitting on the bake table like it was my worst enemy. I was sure helping make it wouldn’t change my mind one bit. The dinner plates, empty bowls and pickle dish were taken off

Always thrilled to be doing anything with my beloved sister, I heartily agreed, but not thinking for one minute it would change my taste for the dessert.

I was put in charge of breaking up a half loaf of bread into chunks. Audrey even let me stir the eggs and cream on top of the stove, and add the sugar and vanilla, and I watched as before my eyes, it all thickened into a golden sauce.

My sister was very wise indeed. She took a little fruit nappy and ladled out a bit for me and told me to taste it. I wiped the dish clean!

Then she let me put the bread pieces in the square pan, but she wisely poured the sauce on top.

My skinny arms would never manage the heavy pot. She took the jar of raspberry jam out of the icebox, and told me to put dabs of it all over the top of the

the table, and the pudding brought over and set before Mother. She wisely put only a couple spoonfuls in my nappy.

Well, I could only get the first taste down ... my dislike hadn’t changed a bit. Soggy bread, covered with sauce, with a bit of jam wasn’t my idea of a good dessert! I pushed the nappy out of my way, took a plain slice of bread and lathered on jam, and ate it with gusto!

From then on, without even asking, whenever bread pudding was served, my place at the table was the only one without a fruit nappy for dessert!

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Hey, hey, it’s the Bluesfest: 2016 lineup announced Staff

At a time when a late arriving blast of winter has hit the City of Ottawa in recent weeks, a bit of sunshine arrived to warm up the hearts of music lovers with the announcement of a star-studded preliminary lineup for this coming summer’s annual RBC Bluesfest at Lebreton Flats.

The earlier than normal Bluesfest lineup announcement that was made on Feb. 23 offers a smorgasbord of musical options from ‘90s funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to icons of rock radio from the 1980’s such as Duran

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Tickets available include Youth Festival Wristband, Adult Festival Wristband, Grand Club VIP Pass, along with parking and The Big Chill VIP Upgrade that will also be available as add-ons. Regular ticket sales start Friday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m.

All ticket-types available, including day passes, Pick-3, Pick-5, Metropolitain VIP Zone, are available through www.ottawabluesfest.ca/.

As in past years, expect more acts to be added in the weeks and

Duran, Billy Idol, and the Cult, to country music stars such as Brad Paisly and musical legends from the 1960s such as John Fogerty and The Monkees.

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“I’m extremely happy with how the program came together,” said the festival’s executive and artistic director Mark Monahan.

“With this year’s line-up, RBC Bluesfest remains one of the greatest showcases of international talent and an important platform for new and emerging acts.”

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A well-known Ottawa curling coach will be inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame during the Tim Hortons Brier when it is held in Ottawa this March.

Ottawa’s Earle Morris will be inducted at the Hall of Fame banquet on March 9 at the Westin Hotel.

And it’s a natural fit, with curling in the Morris’ family blood.

Morris, as well as his grandfather who raised him, and his son have all skipped in the Brier, the men’s national curling championship.

“It starts by being in your blood, because of a grandpa that was certainly excited by it,” Morris said. “And I think if you develop an interest in something, and you’re passionate, you can be really good at it. And I think we had that passion.”

It all started for Morris in Grade 7, when he lived in rural Saskatchewan with his grandmother and grandfather, 1933 Brier skip Cliff McLaughlin.

Morris’ teacher organized a bonspiel, and the youngster won – awarded with a bottle of 7-Up. He went on to win many more times, participating in three Briers himself over the years.

“We’re the only family that’s had three different generations skip in the Brier,” he said.

When Morris got to the age where his play wasn’t quite what it used to be, coaching his son John became a natural fit.

Morris and his wife didn’t force John or their two daughters to curl, but encouraged them to take part in sports.

He still hoped the sport of choice would be curling, though.

His attempts at bribery of warming up the car before the Sunday paper routes only went so far with his daughters, who moved on to other sports, but John eventually got hooked on curling.

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“I knew we had him,” Morris said. “My wife and I would be watching curling on TV, and lots of times he’d see we were watching,

and he’d move on. But one day, when he was 15 or so, he looked at it and stayed and watched it.

“And I said, ‘Oh, I think he’s in.’”

When the Brier comes to Ottawa next month, Morris’ son John will take part as a member of Team Canada, which is coached by his father.

Morris has coached a number of championship rinks, including the Rachel Homan rink, which won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2013 and 2014, and the Pat Simmons rink, which won the 2015 Brier.

“One of the really neat things about coaching is every team is different,” Morris said. “Because I’ve been involved in the game for so long, I can tell what makes the difference, so I’m able, it seems, to push the right buttons.”

One of the factors to a successful team is combining talented players, who also get along, he said.

His coaching, combined with his own competitive play and involvement in Curling Canada programs such as the Adult Learn to

Curl program, prompted the selection committee to choose him as an inductee to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.

“As always, the challenge for the committee is making the tough decision with so many worthy nominees, but I feel like this year’s group made our decision easier based on their amazing accomplishments,” said Scott Comfort, chair of Curling Canada’s awards and hall of fame committee, in a press release that announced Morris was going to be honored by being added to the hall of fame.

“I felt surprised, but very honoured, very humbled to be selected,” Morris said. “Because I’ve been involved in curling all my life, and it’s really nice to have it happen.”

This year, Morris gets to coach the defending champions close to home, as the 2016 Brier will be held at TD Place at Lansdowne from March 5 to 13. John will play as the third for the Simmons rink, Team Canada.

‘Really excited’

“It’ll be incredible,” Morris said. “John’s really excited to come home and play for the people of Ottawa, and I plan on embracing it the same way.”

He said a good coach has two jobs: to be a cheerleader, and stay out of the way.

“And I’m better at the first than the second,” Morris said. “If you’ve been around the scene for a long time, you feel like you’ve got things to contribute, but with a real veteran team, they know what’s going on.

“I try and help by running training camps, and basically being a cheerleader at the games.”

Morris has lived in Beacon Hill since the 1980s, but his John now lives in Alberta.

He comes home often though, and Morris said he has a large group of friends who have already asked to come and pick up Morris’ Canada fan gear, including wigs and face paint, to cheer for their friend.

“They want to pick that stuff up and go crazy,” Morris said.

“They’ll be loud and proud, that’s for sure.”

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First Nations education focus of national conference in city Scott Campbell

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It was close to a full house at the Delta Ottawa City Centre ballroom on Feb. 23 to look into the issues that surround native education in Canada.

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) gathered for a national First Nations directors of education conference. The event also extended into Feb. 24.

palpable with the proper environment.”

A great teacher could bring positive developments to students and undo the influence of poverty and violence, she added. “The school is meant to be a safe place.”

Bennett reiterated that the new Liberal federal government wants to foster a genuine partnership with First Nations. The government has previously promised to help achieve First Nations control of native education.

She also pointed to the use of modern technology as a tool for native youth to learn First Nations’ languages “since we are losing (First Nations’ languages) speakers.”

AFN national chief Perry Bellegarde also addressed the conference, and the two-day event included workshops and discussions focusing on topics such as First Nations post-secondary education.

“It’s momentum for fundamental change.”

Dr. Carolyn Bennett

The conference brought together directors of education from across the country for First Nations along with other experts and representatives from the federal government, including Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Dr. Carolyn Bennett.

Bennett addressed the gathering in the afternoon, and said “fundamental change” is coming. She found the conference quite inspiring for First Nations education.

“It’s momentum for fundamental change,” said Bennett. “Success is

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Our primary concern was eliminating spay/neuter vouchers, the progressive, but not 100 per cent reliable way to ensure that animals adopted from the OHS would not reproduce and contribute to pet overpopulation. The clinic and our own veterinarian would allow us to sterilize all animals prior to adoption.

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Even with volunteer vets and our frugal approach to our work, all kinds of medicine are expensive — very expensive, in fact. While we hear that everyday inflation runs under two per cent in recent memory, inflation in the medical realm often runs at 10 or more per cent. Veterinary medicine is not immune. Between inflation and our drive to help more animals, costs have increased a lot.

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As a result, Greely Elementary School will be receiving 10 Lego Mindstorm kits for student use in order to enhance their learning experiences of curricular expectations within the classroom.

Embedding the concept of innovation and the need for students to construct deep meaning of curricular concepts through critical thinking and creativity, Mrs. Allen’s Classroom also has a “Lego Wall” and a “Maker Space” where students can tinker and make objects that have a curricular related purpose and connection.

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She said while the site doesn’t explicitly spell out that sex acts are traded for money, it may be tough for some girls to get help from the law if an interaction goes wrong – because at the core the whole thing is an illegal arrangement.

Bromwich likened the situation to the difference between a prostitute and an escort – at the end of the day, both are consensual sex workers.

“They might not understand that that’s what they’re agreeing to,” she said of sugar babies.

She said the legislation – designed to help sex workers – doesn’t do much to protect them because they can’t do anything if there’s an abuse of the contract.

Bromwich said sugar daddies might also end up left out in the cold.

“If something goes south they would want to share liability with the website, but it wouldn’t be possible,” she said, adding the likelihood of being able to sue the site, in the event of some unforeseen consequence of seeking out an arrangement with a sugar baby would likely be unsuccessful because the original transaction is illegal.

Hailey said she doesn’t see why people react so negatively to the lifestyle.

“The core of it is dating,” she said.

“The meaning can get distorted.”

Urick said people using SeekingArrangements.com are seeking meaningful relationships. She added that those relationships sometimes include romantic intimacy, but just as often do not.

The site takes many measures both internally and externally to prevent the terms of use being violated, Urick said.

Those include manual, in-house approval of all profiles and pictures, monitoring member reporting and background checks.

“This is a dating site, just like any other, with the difference being the members’ open honesty about the desired terms of their relationships,” Urick said.

COST OF SCHOOL CONTINUES TO RISE

A release sent out by SeekingArrangements.com said that tuition rates went up an average of 3.2 per cent last year – in part prompting a 21 per cent increase in registration on the site.

“Canada’s low income households are becoming more indebted, forcing many students to take out loans they might never be able to repay,” Brandon Wade, CEO of SeekingArrangements.com wrote in a press release. “About a quarter of university sugar babies are from low-income families.

With a sugar daddy they are actually helping to close the wealth gap and afford an

education.”

Anne-Marie Roy, deputy chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students, said that access to education is increasingly determined based on your parents’ income and where you were born.

“It’s more difficult than ever for young Canadians to access the skills and training we need to thrive,” she said.

According to Roy, Students in Ontario are paying an average of $8,971 on tuition this year and are graduating with the highest average debt load in the country.

“Canada’s patchwork of federal and provincial tax credits, loans and grants are not keeping students in school and out of poverty,” Roy said. “We need a national strategy to end the student debt crisis at its source by eliminating tuition fees.”

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March 3

The Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary welcomes new members to help raise money to support the animals. Join us 1:30 p.m.

Thursday March 3rd at the animal shelter, 245 West Hunt Club Rd behind Hunt Club Nissan. Refreshments are served and all are welcome.

For more information call Linda 613-823-6770 or go to facebook.com/OttawaHumaneSocietyAuxiliary.

March 5

Huge Indoor Garage Sale on Saturday, March 5th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Community Christian School, 2681 Glen St. Metcalfe. All proceeds go to Community Christian School.

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Do you need to know how to send emails with attachments, how to forward emails, blind copy to a list, organize your desktop or create documents?

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Ovarian Cancer Canada offers a free presentation called Ovarian Cancer: Knowledge is Power, about the signs, symptoms and risk factors of the disease.

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The Gloucester South Seniors meet at 4550 Bank St., Leitrim for a full schedule of activities every week including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by OC Transpo 144 and free parking. Call 613-821-0414 for info.

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The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank St. (at Leitrim Road) meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m., and there are immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal at 613-821-1930 for more information.

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